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[Free 1st Part] There and Back Again Tires, Wind, Quartz, and Legions of Light - Chapter 4
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- Jun 10, 2026
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The Departure It took us way longer than expected, but eventually Larry and I left Colorado to return home. Or at least, that was the plan. The land ownership was finally settled, all the documents were registered, officiated, finalized and everything was now in our names. Other people no longer had a footing or claim to the land or anything they had abandoned there. We had three major structures (including a vehicle) removed from the land, cutting off the negative energy cords they had anchored there. I woke up one day to find that Larry was removing water tanks, packing generators, tools and plants. Okidoki, I thought. This is it. We are leaving. A few hours later, we started the GPS and it said, 19 hours to Port Angeles. We discussed where we might stop, how many hours we would drive that day and we left. We came to a grinding stop a few yards outside of the property… OMG, we had left Chinook tied up in the shade in the sand castle! Our giant, white, hard-to-miss Maremmano-Abruzzese dog. We re-checked everything again, loaded our love bug onto the truck and set off yet again. We wanted to get north of Salt Lake City on the first day, which we did. We actually stayed at a Cabelas’ carpark, and there was a bit of grass next to us. The dogs sniffed it, laid down on it and went to sleep. They had missed the grass. Everything was good, we had driven the rest of the day and had found a great place to park. The next day, we found a restaurant that opened for breakfast at 7:30am. We walked over and found it to be both beautiful and high-frequency. The food was also amazing. After breakfast, our plan was to drive all day and get to Eastern Washington. But when we got back in the car and started the map, it showed us we still had 17 hours left. How could this be? It was so co…